Showing results by author "Robert McCammon" in All Categories

"Something Passed By", a story by Robert McCammon, was originally published in his short fiction collection Blue World and was selected for inclusion in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection.

Swans Song - Buch 1: Nach dem Ende der Welt. Der legendäre Endzeit-Thriller. Düster, brutal und mit epischer Wucht erzählt. In diesem Endzeit-Thriller beschreibt der Bestsellerautor die Welt nach der atomaren Apokalypse. Die menschliche Zivilisation bricht zusammen und die wenigen Überlebenden werden in eine vorindustrielle Welt katapultiert, in der sie zu hungrigen Bestien mutieren. Der nukleare Winter senkt sich wie ein Leichentuch über die verkohlte Erde.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society's clutches.

Es ist 1964 in dem kleinen idyllischen Städtchen Zephyr, wo die Bewohner entweder in der Papierfabrik am Tecumseh River oder in dem örtlichen Milch­betrieb arbeiten. Es ist ein einfaches Leben, aber doch voller Wunder für den zwölfjährigen Cory Mackenson. Eines Morgens werden er und sein Vater Zeuge, wie ein Auto vor ihnen von der Straße abkommt und in einem See versinkt. Am Steuer aber befand sich ein nackter, geschundener Körper, mit Handschellen an das Lenkrad gefesselt.

Die Einwohner von Fount Royal sind überzeugt, dass eine Hexe für die unerklärlichen Tragödien in ihrem Dorf verantwortlich ist. Sie verlangen, dass die schöne Witwe Rachel Howarth vor Gericht gestellt und wegen Hexerei hingerichtet wird. Der Prozess wird vom reisenden Richter Isaac Woodward mithilfe seines scharfsinnigen jungen Gerichtsdieners Matthew Corbett geführt. Matthew glaubt an Rachels Unschuld und muss sich bald dem wahren Bösen stellen, das in Fount Royal umgeht.

1699 in den Carolina-Kolonien Amerikas... Die Einwohner von Fount Royal sind überzeugt, dass eine Hexe für die unerklärlichen Tragödien in ihrem Dorf verantwortlich ist. Sie verlangen, dass die schöne Witwe Rachel Howarth vor Gericht gestellt und wegen Hexerei hingerichtet wird. Der Prozess wird vom reisenden Richter Isaac Woodward mithilfe seines scharfsinnigen jungen Gerichtsdieners Matthew Corbett geführt. Matthew glaubt an Rachels Unschuld und muss sich bald dem wahren Bösen stellen, das in Fount Royal umgeht.

The Hunter from the Woods marks the much-anticipated return of Michael Gallatin, the lycanthropic hero of Robert McCammon's classic, The Wolf's Hour. These all-new, interlinked stories offer a full measure of McCammon's trademark narrative excitement, and comprise a fascinating composite portrait of a unique fictional creation. The volume opens with a pair of brief glimpses into Michael's early life in Russia and his initial recruitment into the British Secret Service. It ends with a haunting vision of the werewolf at twilight.

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works - something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris - now closely watched by the Gestapo - is to send in a personal courier. Russian émigré Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take him to the festering heart of the Third Reich on the scent of doomsday.

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works - something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris - now closely watched by the Gestapo - is to send in a personal courier. Russian émigré Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take him to the festering heart of the Third Reich on the scent of doomsday.

It is 1944. A message from Paris warns Allied Intelligence of something big in the works - something which might have serious implications for D-Day. The only way to get more information from the agent in Paris - now closely watched by the Gestapo - is to send in a personal courier. Russian émigré Michael Gallatin is picked for the job. In retirement as a secret agent since a grisly episode in North Africa, Gallatin is parachuted into occupied France, on a mission which will take him to the festering heart of the Third Reich on the scent of doomsday.

Ever on the hunt for LaRouge, Lawson still travels by night but no longer does so alone. Crack-shot, whip-smart Ann has become his companion, on her own search for her vampire-taken father and sister. Lawson has been summoned from New Orleans and the Hotel Sanctuaire to Omaha by a wealthy man who needs his son retrieved from a band of outlaws. Lawson and Ann agree to take the case and travel to the town of Perdition where they find their prey - but things get complicated fast when a saloon shootout leaves an innocent girl badly injured.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire Queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society's clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late 19th-century America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a mortal life.

"Pin", a story by Robert McCammon, was first published in his short fiction collection Blue World and was selected for inclusion in Best New Horror.

Flooded by memories, poisoned by Agent Orange, Dan Lambert kills a man in a moment of fear and fury - and changes his life forever. Pursued by police and bounty hunters, Dan flees south toward the Louisiana bayous. In the swamplands he meets Arden Halliday, a young woman who bears the vivid burdens of her own past, and who is searching for a legendary faith healer called the Bright Girl. Looking for simple kindness in a world that rarely shows it, bound by a loyalty stronger than love, Dan and Arden set off on a journey of relentless suspense and impassioned discovery....

"Chico", a story by Robert McCammon, was first published in his short fiction collection Blue World.

Er ist der Mann mit dem scharlachroten Auge, der Mann der vielen Masken. Er vereint die Kraft der menschlichen Gier und des Wahnsinns. Er durchstreift das nuklear verstrahlte Land auf der Suche nach einem Kind, dem Mädchen mit dem Namen Swan. Das Kind muss vernichtet werden, denn es besitzt die Gabe. Swan kann dem toten Boden wieder Leben geben und den Menschen somit Rettung bringen …

L'apocalypse, c'est maintenant. Missiles et fusées se croisent dans le ciel et font s'abattre sur la terre des tornades de feu. Un vent terrible se lève, les poussières radioactives voilent le soleil, la vie telle qu'on la connaît va s'achever. Dans une plaine déserte du Kansas brûlée par le feu nucléaire, Black Frankenstein, une force de la nature, se voit confier une mission par un vieillard mourant : ­protéger une enfant au don particulier.

Une seconde naissance. Sept années ont passé, l’holocauste nucléaire a obscurci le ciel d’un voile de poussière et recouvert la terre d’un linceul de neige grise, cédant la place à un hiver sans fin dont les mâchoires gelées se referment lentement mais inexorablement sur la planète entière. Et dans ce monde d’après, les hommes continuent à s’entredéchirer, pour les ressources, pour le pouvoir, par pure folie.

Zephyr, in Alabama, è una città idilliaca per l’undicenne Cory Mackenson: un luogo dove i mostri nuotano nelle profondità del fiume e gli amici sono per sempre. In una fredda mattina di primavera, Cory e suo padre vedono un’auto precipitare in un lago e un disperato tentativo di salvataggio porta il padre a confrontarsi con una terribile e ossessionante visione di morte. Mentre Cory lotta per comprendere il dolore paterno, i suoi occhi si aprono lentamente sulle forze del bene e del male che lo circondano.